Volleyball Returns to Mackey Arena

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After shattering the Big Ten match attendance record last fall with a pair of sold-out matches, the Purdue women’s volleyball program will return to Mackey Arena for three conference showdowns this season.

Purdue will begin and end Big Ten action in one of the most daunting arenas in college athletics, hosting the conference-opener vs. Washington on Thursday, September 25 and Illinois on Sunday, September 28 at Mackey Arena. Then, in the final match of the regular-season, Purdue will host Indiana on Saturday, November 29.

With the announcement, Purdue is slated to play in three 10,000-plus seat arenas over a total of five matches, with the Mackey matches complimented by appearing at Bridgestone Arena on Sunday, August 31 against Tennessee and Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Thursday, October 16 against Indiana for the Monon Spike trophy.

With the sport on the rise, the Boilermakers enter the upcoming season with 44 consecutive sellouts and 128 consecutive weeks ranked among the AVCA top-25. Meanwhile, the upcoming season is primed to see the most volleyball matches in Mackey Arena since 2012.

Volleyball owns a 14-5 record inside Mackey Arena, picking up a dominant sweep over Indiana for the Monon Spike trophy last October (25-18, 25-14, 25-9) in the Big Ten attendance record-setting spectacle, which was followed by another sold-out match against Wisconsin a week later.

Within two hours of Mackey matches going on-sale a year ago, over 9,800 tickets were sold for the Wisconsin match, the equivalent of filling Holloway four times over. Both matches were sold-out a month before the first competition.

Ticket information, match times and broadcast schedule will be announced at a later time.

Coming off one of its best seasons in program history with a 27-7 (16-4 Big Ten) record, an NCAA Regional Semifinal appearance and a fourth-place finish in the league standings, the Boilermakers return 2024 Second Team All-Big Ten honoree Taylor Anderson, who not only ranked No. 8 in the nation in assists per set (11.25), but guided Purdue to its third-highest hitting % in single-season history (.280%). In addition to returning rising stars, which include Kenna Wollard, Ryan McAleer and Grace Heaney, Shondell's incoming freshmen and transfer class set Purdue up to tie the tallest team in over 22 years, with an average front court height of 6'2".